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Three New Journals

Happy January!  We are at the beginning of a new year and winter has arrived in Texas in full force.  We have been below freezing for a couple of days now and had a light covering of snow yesterday.  I abhor winter weather so I’m more than ready for a warm up.  I hope everyone is keeping warm in their corner of the universe.

I’ve recently created three new journals for a February event at the Craft Guild of Dallas.  Prior to this I was having quite the time even getting started on anything.  I seemed to be stuck. I would think of things to make, but I just couldn’t find the energy to get started.  Once I got the email about the show at the gallery, I decided it was time to get out of my creative rut.  Without further ado, here are the three journals I came up with for the show.

The first one is called Shabby Pink Roses.  It measures 8 1/2 inches high by 5 1/2 inches wide.   It contains 2 signatures with 100 pages each, front and back, of hand deckled white paper and has a ribbon closure.

The second one  is called Feline Serenade.  It measures 8 1/2 inches high by 5 1/2 inches wide.  It has two signatures with 100 pages each, front and back, of hand deckled white paper and has a ribbon closure.

Last but not least is Be Mine.  It measures 8 1/2 inches high by 5 1/2 inches wide. I has two signatures with 100 pages each, front and back, of white hand deckled paper and has a ribbon closure.

Each of these journals has a pocket on the front cover that has a cute bookmark and a couple of other goodies as well.  All three of these will be available for purchase for $42 each at the Gallery at the Guild throughout the month of February, starting February 4th.  Here is a link to their website that should have further information as it gets closer to the opening date.  http://www.thecraftguild.org

I also have to give a shout out to the Etsy shop that I purchased all of these beautiful digital images from that helped me create these journals in the first place.  It is called PrintDigitalByJen and has the most amazing designs and they are also very affordable and print out beautifully. https://www.etsy.com/shop/PrintDigitalbyJen?ref=shop-header-name&listing_id=1523535685&from_page=listing&page=4#items

As always, thanks for reading.  That’s it for now!

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Unicorn Journal

I have been wanting to make a journal like this for quite some time.  When this digital kit came available, I knew I had to buy it.

Here is a picture of some of the elements included in it and the signatures I made from the pages in the kit.

Elements and Papers

So far, I’ve sewn in the signature covers and started decorating the front and back covers, as well as the spine.

I was trying to decide between these two ideas for the front cover:

 

 

Cover idea 1
Cover idea 2

It was a difficult decision, but my daughter told me the one with more butterflies was better than the one with less, so that is the one I went with.  Now I’m working on the back cover and then I will finish decorating the spine. After that, it’s time to add pockets and ephemera to the pages inside and then it will be complete.

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Collaged Journal Covers

There are a couple of things that I really love when it comes to journal making – one is the chance to combine fabric with paper and the other is the chance to collage.

Collage was how I first got started in art.  To be honest, I don’t draw well.  I can sketch, but it takes me forever so that is how I started with collage.  I realized that I could make a flower,  for example, out of paper scraps far easier than I could draw or paint one.

Now I found a way to use collage in my journals.  I make these adorable, one signature journals that have a fabric base which is then covered in a decorative scrapbook paper or other decorative card stock type of paper and then I build a collage on top of that for the front cover.

These are relatively quick to make compared to some of my other journals and it’s also a great way to use up fabrics that I can’t really use for covers or something else.

Collaged Journal Covers

It’s really hard to pick which one is my favorite and I’m also happy to report that all of these journals were sold at the recent Craft Guild Spring Show.

Until next time….